Caltech vs MIT Academic Comparison

The next list compares two colleges briefly in important perspectives. You can compare two colleges with comprehensive information on the full comparison page.

Both schools are four-years, private (not-for-profit) schools.
Caltech has more expensive tuition & fees ($63,255) than MIT ($60,156).
It is harder to admit to Caltech than MIT.
MIT has more students with 11,858 students while Caltech has 2,401 students.
MIT has more full-time faculties with 1,375 faculties while Caltech has 357 full-time faculties.

The following table compares the two rival schools - California Institute of Technology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Caltech	vs.	MIT
Pasadena, California	Location	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Four-years, Private (not-for-profit)	School Type	four-years, Private (not-for-profit)
Doctor's degree	Highest Degree Offered	Doctor's degree
Research University (very high research activity)	Carnegie Classification	Research University (very high research activity)
$63,255	2024 Tuition & Fees	$60,156
62%	% Receiving Financial Aid	77%
$47,135	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$44,422

2.69 %	Acceptance Rates	3.96 %
50.00 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	84.97 %
-	SAT Score	1,560
-	ACT Score	35
94 %	Graduation Rate	94 %
3 %	Transfer-out Rate	-
98 %	Retention Rate	99 %
2,401	Student Population	11,858
357	Number of Faculties	1,375
3 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	3 to 1
ROTC, Study Abroad	Special Learning Opportunities	ROTC, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification
Academic/career counseling service, Employment services, Placement services	On Campus Student Services	Academic/career counseling service, Employment services, Placement services, On-campus daycare

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